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Establishment of the Cachar Levy
- When
- 1835
- Where
- Assam region
The British established the Cachar Levy in 1835 in the Assam region as a militia to protect tea gardens and fertile plains against unruly tribes.
The force was raised in the Assam region, within the administrative context of Cachar district, which had come under formal British occupation in 1832. Silchar, made district headquarters in 1833 according to one account, is not identified in the supplied passages as the founding site of the levy. The levy's creation marked the origin of the Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in India.
Sources
- Assam Rifles Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
- Silchar Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
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